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Operatives of the Department of Security Service, DSS, have arrested fleeing members of Boko Haram in Lagos, Kogi and Taraba States. A statement issued by the agency on Tuesday disclosed that about 13 members of the terrorists group recently chased out Sambisa Forest in Borno State were nabbed by security operatives. According to the statement,…

Twenty-one of the more than 200 girls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram group have regained freedom on Thursday. The girls were dropped off at the Banki area of Borno State and were taken into custody of the DSS by the Nigerian military. The federal government confirmed the release of the 21 girls to the…

Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE Task Force Battle Group and Multinational Joint Task Force presently harbouring in Abadam village dealt decisively with elements of Boko Haram that attempted to attack on their location. The attack which was launched by the terrorist group at about 6:30 am today, Thursday 22nd September 2016 and it lasted for…

Displaced leader of Boko Haram group, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed that leadership of the Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, played a fast one on him. Shekau, who has been underground for nearly a year now, released a recorded message barely 24 hours after news went viral that ISIS had replaced him. ISIS,…

The Presidency has accused the London Telegraph of strengthening Boko Haram terrorists operating in Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday by SSA Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, the Presidency said the news journal demonstrated this with its latest article titled ‘Children Face Death by Starvation in Northern Nigeria’, which was…

In the early hours of Sunday, July 24, 2016, soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole ambushed Boko Haram terrorists crossing into Sambisa forest from Komala and Musafanari axis with logistics items. The ambush party killed 2 Boko Haram terrorists, while 2 soldiers sustained gunshot wounds. The wounded have since been airlifted and are receiving treatment at…

Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, has said a total of 249 suspected Boko Haram terrorists and accomplices have been cleared and released by the Joint Interrogation as approved by the Chief of Army Staff in Maiduguri, Borno State. He said those cleared and released included 169 males, 46 women and 34…

Not less than 15 members of Boko Haram insurgents were recently killed when personnel of the Nigeria Air Force, NAF, carried out a first major air campaign under the newly launched ‘Operation Gama-Aiki’ mission. It was learnt that the terrorists were killed as an Alpha Jet bombed their convoy in the northern part of Borno…

A “spiritual book” suspected to be used by Boko Haram to hypnotize their victims has been discovered by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Borno. The agency disclosed this on Sunday through its Commandant in the state, Ibrahim Abdullahi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. Abdullahi said that…

No fewer than 18 persons were reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday night in Kuda-Kaya village of Madagali, Adamawa State. A local police authority was said to have disclosed this information on Friday to Xinhua. It was said that the incident took place precisely around 10pm on Thursday. Xinhua…